<p>They’re boring, and with the open curriculum I could ditch them.</p>
<p>Is that a good reason for attending Brown, yeah the atmosphere and location are good too.</p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>In the “featured discussions” section there’s a thread called The Brown Curriculum and University College Explained, by Modestmelody. Read it.</p>
<p>I don’t know if you’ll be able to completely ditch math and science, seeing as it MIGHT be neccessary in your concentration.</p>
<p>LOL: the OP is the kind of knowledge hungry student Brown is dying to admit isn’t he?</p>
<p>HEY, the Brown admin officers will never know this.</p>
<p>I love English, psychology, US history, philosophy, religious studies more than anyone.</p>
<p>But math, science, and spanish are boring, you can’t have class discussions about it, and seriously, that insult is uncalled for.</p>
<p>I’d like to contest the OP’s notion that you can’t have discussions about math and science—especially science.</p>
<p>Besides, the field of psychology is blending more and more with the field of neuroscience/neurobiology nowadays.</p>
<p>You can’t have deep philosophical discussions about an english problem like you can in math class</p>
<p>if you think adcoms don’t read CC forums you are sorely mistaken</p>
<p>But how do they know who I even am?</p>
<p>There is no way that a college will reject me based on what I write here, unless it’s really bad.</p>
<p>In short, yes, you can. However, maybe your high school classes in these subjects were boring. I hated my science and most of my math classes in high school (loved Spanish however). Perhaps you can try different types of math/science/language classes. Take them pass/fail and see if you like them. If you like psychology perhaps you’ll like cognitive science classes. Perhaps you’ll like statistics and even econ. (which is math-ish) opposed to the typical geometry/alg./calc. math classes that most high schoolers take. Try Arabic or French instead of Spanish. IDK, but dont limit your self just because of a few bad experiences.</p>
<p>i was just stating something that I felt needed to be stated, no more</p>
<p>Not only are college classes different from HS classes in so many ways, the ways you will feel about doing the work for college classes will be different. Your motivation for doing the work will be different. You will no longer need good grades to get into college. You may just take a class that you are interested in. There will be classes you never heard of before. If you don’t want to take a class, then don’t. Especially at Brown, where, you are right, you can choose. Of course there are things you like and things you don’t. Fine. Normal. But when you say stuff like
you are limiting yourself in many ways. That is just plain wrong. You can have discussions about anything. And that fact is precisely what makes Brown students so amazing. I am sure that’s true for many other schools too, not just Brown. A truly educated person can have a discussion that is exciting and interesting about anything. Your closed mind is what may come through in your college application, so try to be more open and don’t dismiss stuff just because you think you know. Believe me, at this point in your life you don’t even know what you don’t know yet.</p>
<p>Do I think never touching the kind of science, math, and foreign language that you had in High School again is a good reason to come to Brown? Yeah, you know what, I actually do. Do I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you, on your own volition, end up taking several classes in those fields? Yup.</p>
<p>Sure, why not.</p>
<p>Students at Brown design their own education. Your teachers, advisors, and peers will have complete confidence in your abilities to choose which classes you feel will “enrich” yourself. </p>
<p>Because here, we know you’re smart. We know you can assess risk, and that you’re thoughtful.</p>
<p>Placing a value judgement on different paths in academia only cheapens the entire process, the self-exploration of designing your own education, for yourself and your peers.</p>
<p>Good luck. </p>
<p>-A Brown Meiklejohn</p>
<p>it’s a fantastic reason, why do you think I’m here. I just finished my junior year, I’m doing a double major, and have so far only taken 2 classes outside of the requirements for my two concentrations.</p>
<p>You seriously applied to Brown just so you could ditch the classes you found boring?</p>
<p>Also, I’m beginning to think this wouldn’t be a good reason to apply to Brown because I was looking through some university catalogues and even though math and science usually bore me, I think I’d be able to find some interesting niche classes like atronomy.</p>
<p>distribution requirements were one of the highest priorities for me regarding choosing a school.</p>
<p>For me, if I’m not enjoying what i’m studying, it affects my whole general mood. I also believe that when you’re looking at the top tier of schools, location and curriculum are about all that really separates them. when all the decisions were in it was obvious that Brown was the school for me, and I’ve never once doubted my decision since.</p>
<p>what I think you should know is you will have no idea what you like or dislike until you attend college. I detested chemistry in high school, yet now I am a biochem major. The same goes for English and Math, be open to the idea that at Brown you will find professors that will make any subject intensely interesting for you. The reason you should be applying to Brown, and the reason I am trying to transfer is because I have desire to find professors that will challenge my stubborn ideals. That is just IMO.</p>
<p>well I guess I should also mention that my two concentrations are Biology and Classics. So I’m still taking humanities classes, it’s just that they all focus on one area. At a lot of schools I looked at, this would not have been allowed when it came to fulfilling distribution requirements.</p>
<p>Also, in my opinion, the reason you come to Brown is to have academic freedom. You can express that freedom in many ways: taking classes pass/fail, taking classes from a small area of study, taking classes from every area of study. I think they did a stat study at Brown a few years ago that found that despite not having any distribution requirements, something like 94% of students would have fulfilled the types of requirements that similar schools have.</p>